Carpet and rug clamp.



W. D LLOYD.

CARPET AND RUG CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED 1Au.22. 1914.

1,150,046. PafentedAug. 17,1915.

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CAR-PET AND BUG niaaoac.

T 0 all 107mm t't-may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLMERD; LLOYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful lmprovementsin Carpet and Rug Clamps, of. which the following is a.

specification.

This invention relates to clamps, and has for its object the production of a device with parts specially con-. structed and arranged for the purpose of enabling one person without 1SSlSi3LIlC6tOSl1S- pend conveniently and quickly a rug or carpet from a rope, in order that the rug may be beaten, swept or otherwisecleaned.- The particular improvement believedhto be attained by the special construction hereinafter disclosed consists in providing the clamp with a hook member comprising'convergent portions located at the sides of the hook and separated by a distance, whereby a clothesline or the like is engaged by the hook at two points. Thus, the hook is much more securely held upon the line and does not turn and twist in the wind. By the use of this invention it is believed the line wears longer, and the hold upon the fabric isnot I constantly turned and twisted by the wind and finally torn out. The clamp may be easily hooked over a line, and, once so "hooked is caused by the weight of the carpet of parts going to make up this invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 represents a side view of this invention attached to the edge of a rug, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view from the side showing this invention alone with the plates or jaws closed. 7

Throughout the description and drawings, the same letter is used to refer to the same part.

Considering the drawings, it will be noted carpet and rug Specification of Letters Patent Patented Aug. 191 5.

Applicationfiled January 22, 1914. SeriaYNo. 813,735.

that this invention has two clamping plates or jaws of'which the smaller and front plate is designated bythe reference letter A, and

the larger and rear plate is marked B. A

' bolt. C'passes through both plates" as .illus-.

trated, and the head 0 ofthe bolt lies-against the outer surface of the front plate A.' ,A thinnbscrew D engaging'the bolt and acting 1 upon a washer E against the rear surface of the larger plateB, 1s employed to draw. the

two plates toward each-other in the ordinarymannera, l

To enablethe rug to be suspended from a rope F as set out in Fig. 1, this invention is provided. with a hook. made of relatively heavy, stiff wire. As best shown in Fig. 2, tliebill- G ofthe hook extends downwardly and outwardly, and the vertical. portions H and J' lieagain'st the inner surface ofthe rear-plate B, the ends of those vertical portions of the hook being passed through the plate and clenched on the back thereof as illustrated. It will be noted in Fig. 1, that the space between the bill of the hook and the vertical portions, is wide at the bottom.

and narrow at the top, and that the rope F is held in the converging space with greater force the heavier the rug or carpet may be. The vertical portions H and J and the inclined sidesof the bill G of the hook form convergent portions separated by a distance,

and the line is gripped thereby at separated places. The separation of the gripping points prevent the hook from constantly turning and twisting in the wind, which al ways wears a line, and often tears the suspended fabric. p

' In both the figures of the drawing it will be seen that the top of the front plate A, which is referred to by the letter a, is beveled inwardly and upwardly toward the rear plate B. The beveled end a is directly be neath the lower portion of the bill of the hook when the parts are assembled, and

serves to guide the rope into the hook. This rests against the vertical portions of the hook, and the top of the plate A is, there fore, spaced by the thickness of the wire from the rear plate B, while the lower edges of the plates come'together. Thus, this invention may be used to suspend thin fabrics from a clothcsline, in place of the common clothespin. It is often desirable that the this invention is light in weight, aslight pull upon the plates downwardly will cause the rope to jam in the convergent space of the hook mentioned, but, Where the rug or carpet is heavy its own weight operates to secure the hook firmly in position upon the rope. A heavy carpet or rug cannot break or injure the hook, as the greater the Weight the more strongly the vertical members H andl J are pressed against the rear plate. The pull of the weight is almost in line with the vertical parts H and J and is, therefore, upheld by twice the tensile strength of the Wire.

Having now described this invention andsingle piece of wire having its ends secured to the rear plate, the said hook havingtwo vertlcal members spaced apart and arranged agamst the rear plate, and the bill of the hook having sides extending from said vertical members downwardly and outwardly over the said beveled top of the front plate and connected by a horizontal portion whereby a rope may be guided into the hook, the saidvertical members and sides forming converging portions constructed to grip a rope at two separated points thereby preventing the. hook from twisting upon the rope.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. Y

VVILLMER D. LLOYD. lVitnesses:

J. VINCENT DOWNEY, A. R. LEYDA.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

- Washington, D. 6. 

